The highest bet so far on the 2017 election is a £20,000 wager on
Theresa May to remain Prime Minister. It was placed last week
with a bookmaker in London.

May remains the favourite to return to Downing Street despite the
Tory Party losing ground to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour in recent
opinion polls.

An Ipsos Mori poll on Friday gave the Conservative Party
a lead of just five points over Labour, down from a 20 point
lead when the election was called. But BonusCodeBets.co.uk said
Friday that the odds of May winning are 2/9, compared to 7/2 for
Corbyn.

Alexander Kostin of Betting Expert said in an emailed statement:
"Over the last couple of years, we’ve experienced a significant
increase in people getting involved in political betting.

"We’ve also spotted an interesting trend amongst our gamblers,
which is that Corbyn is becoming a favourite amongst those that
voted ‘Remain’ in the Brexit referendum last year. In fact,
nearly half of people who betted against a Brexit outcome are now
backing Corbyn."